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Algernon Charles Swinburne Quotes about Sleep

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There is no God found stronger than death; and death is a sleep.

There is no God found stronger than death; and death is a sleep.

Algernon Charles Swinburne
Death, Sleep, Stronger
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1868). “Poems and Ballads”, p.84

His life is a watch or a vision Between a sleep and a sleep.

Algernon Charles Swinburne
Life, Sleep, Vision
Algernon Charles Swinburne, L. M. Findlay (2002). “Selected Poems”, p.12, Psychology Press

Then star nor sun shall waken, Nor any change of light: Nor sound of waters shaken, Nor any sound or sight: Nor wintry leaves nor vernal; Nor days nor things diurnal; Only the sleep eternal In an eternal night.

Algernon Charles Swinburne
Stars, Sleep, Night
Algernon Charles Swinburne, L. M. Findlay (2002). “Selected Poems”, p.78, Psychology Press

Sleep; and if life was bitter to thee, pardon, If sweet, give thanks; thou hast no more to live; And to give thanks is good, and to forgive.

Algernon Charles Swinburne
Gratitude, Sweet, Sleep
'Ave atque Vale' st. 17

I shall sleep, and move with the moving ships, Change as the winds change, veer in the tide.

Algernon Charles Swinburne
Moving, Sleep, Wind
'The Triumph of Time'

Who knows but on their sleep may rise Such light as never heaven let through To lighten earth from Paradise?

Algernon Charles Swinburne
Sleep, Light, Heaven
Algernon Charles Swinburne (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne (Illustrated)”, p.1322, Delphi Classics

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